Shire Council’s Action In Burning Tussock Condemned by Grazier Bushfire Danger
Mr. J. C. Carjey, of “Greenfields Farm,” Yass River, stated yesterday that the burning of the Yass River tussock by…
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Fires & bushfires, 1939
449 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 22 of 23
Grass Fire
Flames spread rapidly when a pad dock of grass caught fire off Rhoda Street shortly after 11 o'clock this morning. It is stated that a man was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Call for Volunteers To Burn Fire Breaks on Murrumbidgee
Owing to their great popularity with fishermen and holiday makers the foreshores of the Burrinjuck Dam present a potential bushfire menace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BOWNING Red Cross; Bushfire Brigade
The Red Cross social held in the Advance Hall, Bowning, on Friday, December I, was well attended and £2/15/6 was added to the funds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bush Fires Brigade Scheme Rejected By Roslyn
CROOKWELL: Efforts made by the Crookwell Shire Council to have Roslyn fall into line with the other district centres by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cycle on Fire
A motor cycle belonging to the Municipal Council was slightly damaged by fire early on Friday night when a back-fire ignited the contents…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Damage by Fire Outbreak In P.L.C. Grounds
Goulburn experienced its worst grass fire for the present summer season this morning when a outbreak occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grabben Gullen Bush Fire Brigade 60 P.c. of Levies Paid
Although about twenty farmers and graziers attended the annual meeting of the local Bush Fire Brigade, I thought that on account…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire Suppressed
A grass fire started behind the new buildings on Carpenter’s corner this morning. Had it not been for the prompt action of a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£10,000 DAMAGE Fire At Mortlake
SYDNEY, Thursday: A fire which broke out at the works of the Australian Gas Light Company at Mortlake last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rain Helped To Put Bushfire Out
It is not often that a bushfire occurs at the right time, but such was the case on Tuesday. By a strange coincidence Tuesday was the day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Danger Stressed By Inspector
Remarking that the object of the report was to bring before landowners their very definite responsibilities in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fell Into Fire Laggan Child's Death
CROOKWELL: As the sequel to an accident at Laggan on November 1, when a fifteen-months-old child received…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Insurance Cover In Fighting Bushfires
An interesting point was raised at a meeting of the Bethungra Bushfire Brigade, when a landholder asked his standing in…
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The Bushfire Brigades are doing their almost to assist you. Are You doing all you can to protect yourself?…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire in Sydney Auctioneer Burnt Out
SYDNEY, Tuesday: Fire this morning destroyed three floors of an auctioneer's building in Harrington Street, City…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire Brigade Men Entertained By Officer
Members of the Goulburn Fire Brigade were guests at a party given last night by Sub-Station Officer Hindle as a gesture of appreciation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shave Saved Big Blaze
The home of Cecil Davis, Cow Flat Farmer, was saved by Davis from destruction by fire—because he decided to have a shave, says the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bush Fire on "Mt. Murray" 2,000 Acres of Crop and Grass Land Burnt
About 1 p.m. yesterday a fire started on Mrs G. B. Kendall's property, "Mount Murray," and spread rapidly to adjoining…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire at Harden
About 3 a.m. on Saturday morning last, the residents were awakened by the shrill blast of the Fire Station siren and on investigating discovered…
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